Author: | Sean M. Heuvel, Lisa L. Heuvel | ISBN: | 9781476603674 |
Publisher: | McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers | Publication: | June 18, 2013 |
Imprint: | Language: | English |
Author: | Sean M. Heuvel, Lisa L. Heuvel |
ISBN: | 9781476603674 |
Publisher: | McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers |
Publication: | June 18, 2013 |
Imprint: | |
Language: | English |
America’s second oldest higher education institution experienced the full violence of the Civil War, with a wartime destiny of destruction compounded by its strategic location in Virginia’s Tidewater region between Union and Confederate lines. This book describes the fate of the College and also explores in-depth the war service of the College’s students, faculty, and alumni, ranging from little-known individuals to historically prominent figures such as Winfield Scott, John Tyler, and John J. Crittenden. The College’s many contributions to the Civil War and its role in shaping pre- and post-war higher education in the South are fully revealed.
America’s second oldest higher education institution experienced the full violence of the Civil War, with a wartime destiny of destruction compounded by its strategic location in Virginia’s Tidewater region between Union and Confederate lines. This book describes the fate of the College and also explores in-depth the war service of the College’s students, faculty, and alumni, ranging from little-known individuals to historically prominent figures such as Winfield Scott, John Tyler, and John J. Crittenden. The College’s many contributions to the Civil War and its role in shaping pre- and post-war higher education in the South are fully revealed.